| Organization Name |
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Project Description |
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Grant Amount |
| Wichita Children’s Home | |
for the YEAH! (Youth Education and Awareness of Health) program to promote healthy lifestyles among young adults transitioning into independent living. The youth-designed program will include a series of classes, group discussions and field trips to help the participants develop a healthy living plan. This grant is intended to pay for staff, books, first-aid kit supplies, materials, printing and participant incentives. | |
$25,000.00 |
| CASA of Shawnee County | |
to help abused and neglected children achieve safe and permanent homes through advocacy. The project will provide training, support and supervision for certified Court Appointed Special Advocates. This grant is intended to pay for staff. | |
$25,000.00 |
| Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas | |
to improve health outcomes among infants born to low-income and/or high-risk mothers in Northeast and East Central Kansas through home visits. Within 36 hours of the baby’s release from the hospital, nurses will complete medical, environmental and social assessments, educate the mother on care of the infant and refer her to additional services and community resources that are available to her. This grant is intended to pay for staff salaries and travel.
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$25,000.00 |
| Chapel Hill Fellowship United Methodist Church | |
for the Planeview Transformation Coalition to support the creation of a safe and flourishing neighborhood for residents of Planeview, which is considered to be one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Wichita. The project will open a Safe Streets office in the area to encourage positive changes. This grant is intended to pay for staff, supplies and administrative support.
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$25,000.00 |
| Children’s Therapeutic Learning Center | |
for a project that aims to identify all Wyandotte County children younger than 3 who have disabilities or developmental delays. Program staff will help the families of these children identify a medical home, communicate with medical providers and locate resources including housing, transportation, employment and medical benefits. This grant is intended to pay for personnel, translators and travel associated with home visits. | |
$25,000.00 |
| City of Humboldt | |
to build a circuit training station along an existing walking trail in Allen County that is within 40 yards of a playground. A local group will organize community competitions and fitness activities to encourage use of the training course. This grant is intended to pay for outdoor exercise equipment.
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$25,000.00 |
| Kansas Children’s Discovery Center | |
for the Yellow Brick Walking/Triking/Hiking Path to promote physical activity and outdoor exploration among young children and their caregivers in East Central and Northeast Kansas. This grant is intended to pay for mulch, signage, bicycles, tricycles, wagons and helmets. | |
$25,000.00 |
| MidAmerica Arts Alliance | |
for the HELP Governance program to strengthen the leadership and management skills of staff, board members and volunteers from 17 small rural Kansas museums. The training will address legal, ethical, fiscal and social responsibilities. This grant is intended to pay for field expert services, training materials, speaker fees and travel. | |
$25,000.00 |
| MoKan 20/20 Vision | |
to improve physical fitness among J.C. Harmon High School students, their families and Wyandotte County. Students at Harmon High have stepped into a leadership role with the school district in developing vacant grounds surrounding their school into a “HUB for Health,” where people can participate in planned activities and exercise/training programs. This grant is primarily intended to pay for contract employees and personnel to train students. | |
$25,000.00 |
| Seward County United Fund | |
to address career, education and post-traumatic stress issues among veterans, their families and others in Southwest Kansas through personal and career counseling. This grant is intended to pay for staff, travel, program supplies, marketing, advertising and computer software. | |
$25,000.00 |
| Three Rivers | |
to reduce risks for secondary health problems among teens with disabilities who live in Northeast, East Central and West Central Kansas. Courses will focus on setting goals, developing a healthy living plan, preventing depression and self advocacy. This grant is intended to pay for staff and consultants, printing, notebook computers, facility rental, travel expenses and educational materials and supplies. | |
$25,000.00 |
| USD 244 Burlington Public Schools |
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for the PAWS program to increase physical fitness and nutrition among Coffey County children through after-school programming. The daily program will offer healthy snacks, nutrition education, academic help, financial education and physical activity. This grant is primarily intended to pay for staff, conference travel and educational and program supplies. |
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$25,000.00 |
| St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church | |
for a program that aims to engage community partners to help reduce substance abuse, suicide and school dropout rates among the Hispanic population in Douglas County. This grant is primarily intended to pay for new personnel, travel, office equipment, meeting materials and refreshments.
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$24,939.00 |
| Hesston College | |
for the Kansas Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) program, a K-12 teacher development and student involvement program that focuses on science and ecology. EPS works with schools in South-Central Kansas to plant prairie gardens on school grounds and engage students in hands-on learning. This grant is intended to pay for staff, prairie design consultation, travel, books and student travel for field trips. | |
$24,925.00 |
| Northwest Kansas Council on Substance Abuse | |
to reduce risks for chronic disease and increase physical activity among Thomas County residents by creating a fitness trail. This grant is intended to pay for a landscape architect to develop a trail plan, travel to investigate other trails in Kansas, meeting supplies, exercise equipment and an electronic people counter. | |
$24,125.00 |
| Roots and Wings | |
to hire a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Advocate Supervisor to increase the number of Sedgwick County children and families served by CASA and enhance services provided to older youth in foster care. The grant will help pay for a ¾-time Advocate Supervisor who will help the program serve at least 60 additional children and families in 2011. | |
$21,000.00 |
| Child Start | |
for the Eat Smart, Play Hard program to reduce the risk of chronic diseases among low-income children and families in Sedgwick County. The project will provide monthly sessions on healthy eating and increasing physical activity. It will also provide tools to encourage more physical activity at home. This grant is intended to pay for healthy snacks, educational materials and printing expenses for cookbooks and newsletters. | |
$20,375.00 |
| National Kidney Foundation | |
to identify and address kidney disease among Kansans through assessment and screenings in Topeka, Wichita, Manhattan, Overland Park and Kansas City. People with one or more risk factors for kidney disease will be referred for screening and given a list of free and sliding-scale clinics. This grant is primarily intended to pay for staff. | |
$20,000.00 |
| Wichita State University Foundation | |
for the Boys & Girls Club Percussion Partnership. This program is a partnership between the WSU School of Music and the Boys and Girls Club to immerse youth in music education. This grant is intended to purchase musical instruments. With this addition of instruments, all youth attending the Boys and Girls Club will be able to participate in an afterschool percussion program.
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$20,000.00 |
| Arc of Sedgwick County | |
for the All the Right Choices program, which aims to reduce the risk for chronic diseases among individuals with intellectual disabilities. The project will offer activities and educational sessions several times a week. This grant is intended to pay for staff, travel, food, incentives, exercise equipment, promotional materials, office space and insurance. | |
$20,000.00 |
| Kansas Humane Society of Wichita | |
for the Youth Education Program. The project will teach children how to safely interact with animals through activities including reading to pets, a weeklong day camp and opportunities to train and work at the animal shelter. This grant is intended to pay for a full-time Youth Education Coordinator for this project to allow more Sedgwick County children to participate.
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$18,375.60 |
| Ford County Kids Count | |
for the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative to reduce and prevent pregnancy and STD rates among teens in Ford County. The project will serve students in grades 5-12 and their parents using age-appropriate sex education curriculum. This grant is intended to pay for personnel, travel, educational materials and printing. | |
$18,174.00 |
| Kansas Wildlife Foundation | |
for the Wildlifer program to promote healthy lifestyles among Kansas youth and families by encouraging them to spend time outdoors. An interactive Web-based program will challenge children to accomplish outdoor activities including canoeing, camping, swimming in a lake, fishing and catching a firefly. This grant is intended to pay for website design and management.
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$15,000.00 |
| Accessible Arts in Kansas City | |
for the Discovery Trails Program to help establish a lifelong commitment to physical fitness for blind or visually impaired Kansas teens through an outdoor summer adventure and follow-up presentations. The project will commemorate the Lewis and Clark journey and travel to the Pacific and back in 23 days. This grant is intended to pay for personnel as well as canoe and horse rental.
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$15,000.00 |
| Marshall County Resource and Education Center | |
for the Everybody Reads program to strengthen literacy skills among preschoolers in Nemaha, Marshall and Washington counties. Child care centers and preschools will be provided with books and an activity kit to encourage interaction, comprehension and messages from the books including the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. This grant is intended to pay for staff, travel, office supplies, printing, books and activity kits.
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$13,240.00 |
| Medical Service Bureau | |
for the Bright Future program to continue to help low-income Sedgwick County residents obtain access to prescription medications by expanding the agency’s technical capacity. This grant is intended to purchase and install a new server and pay for two computers.
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$13,183.00 |
| Mid-West Educational Center | |
for the Take A Stand Underground Railroad Internet History Project. This project aims to provide 4th-6th graders with hands-on history lessons that are designed to place students in the footsteps of our ancestors as they learn about the true meaning of strength, courage and endurance experienced by past generations. It will create an Internet site with information about the Underground Railroad that teachers can integrate into lesson plans. This grant is intended to pay for staff, travel, video equipment, costumes, office supplies, printing and website expenses. | |
$12,968.00 |
| USD 373 Newton Public Schools | |
for the Latchkey-It’s a Groovy Learning Summer program to improve overall health and academic achievement among Harvey County children through this program featuring morning exercises, healthy snacks, math, science and reading lessons. This grant is intended to pay for teachers, exercise equipment, snacks and books. | |
$12,837.00 |
| Heartspring | |
for Camp SSTAR to help about 75 Kansas children with Asperger’s Syndrome or high-functioning autism to develop social skills while taking part in typical camp activities. This grant is intended to pay for camp staff, educational materials as well as arts and crafts supplies. | |
$12,800.00 |
| Kansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | |
for the Faces in Family Medicine program to address the shortage of primary care doctors across Kansas. Outstanding family physicians from inner city, rural, urban, suburban and hospital settings will serve as mentors to medical students to build and maintain students’ interest in becoming family physicians. This grant is primarily intended to pay for personnel, travel, marketing and program promotion, and speaker fees and expenses.
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$12,390.00 |
| Coterie | |
for the Dramatic AIDS Education Project to prevent HIV/AIDS and STDs among teens in East Central and Northeast Kansas through information. Actors and medical students will team up to provide dramatic presentations at schools, community centers and other facilities to provide key preventive information and answer questions. This grant is intended to pay for staff, presenter fees, training fees and evaluation. | |
$12,000.00 |
| Rooks County Health Center | |
to support an eight-week nutrition and physical activity program featuring nationally known guest speaker Zonya Foco. This program aims to reduce the risk for chronic disease by community meetings and working with local grocers and restaurants to offer healthier choices. This grant is intended to pay for consultant fees and expenses as well as educational materials.
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$11,000.00 |
| East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging | |
for Bending Brain and Body, an intergenerational program to improve the physical and cognitive functioning of older adults and to create respect, bonding and connection to others for youth. The program hopes to serve 350 older adults and youth living in Coffey, Franklin and Miami counties. This grant is intended to pay for staff, travel, meals, booklet printings, reception expenses and exercise materials. | |
$10,903.00 |
| Lawrence Children’s Choir | |
to promote health and wellness among older adults and children living in Douglas County through singing. Choirs of different age groups sing together weekly during the school year and participate in two joint concerts. This grant is intended to pay for personnel, choir risers, choir books and associated printing. | |
$10,389.00 |
| La Leche League of Kansas | |
to improve infant health through breastfeeding. The project will offer a one-day conference for Kansas health-care providers on breastfeeding and how to better assist and support breastfeeding mothers. This grant is intended to pay for online registration fees, website enhancements, speaker fees, travel expenses and program promotion. | |
$7,000.00 |
| Grandview Park Presbyterian Church | |
for the Summer 2010 GP Kids Club to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce high-risk behaviors among Wyandotte County youth through a summer program that includes healthy meals, physical activity and leadership training. Area teens will serve as mentors and group leaders. This grant is intended to pay for personnel. | |
$6,635.00 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County | |
to provide expanded opportunities for physical activity for Wyandotte County residents by developing a plan to expand Prescott Park. The project will contract with a consultant to develop a plan including more playground equipment, a soccer field and a park shelter. This grant is intended to help pay for the consultant and playground equipment. | |
$6,500.00 |
| USD 410 Hillsboro | |
to strengthen parenting practices in the areas of early literacy, family nutrition and dental health among families with children up to age 5 living in Marion County. This grant is intended to pay for parent educators, a nutrition guest speaker, food, books, dental care resources and child-care providers for the nutrition event. | |
$5,583.00 |
| American Red Cross-Reno County Chapter | |
aims to reduce drowning and near-drowning accidents at seven public pools in Central and South-Central Kansas by performing health and safety checks. The project will offer lifeguards training in CPR, first aid and rescue skills. This grant is intended to help pay for staff, travel, equipment, supplies and training fees. | |
$5,390.00 |
| Manhattan Area Technical College Foundation | |
for the East Side Trail Project. This project will use volunteer labor to create a public walking and biking trail and outdoor classroom adjacent to the technical college. This grant is intended to pay for equipment rental, fill dirt, gravel rock for drainage areas and trash dumping fees to complete the first phase of the project. | |
$5,250.00 |
| USD 259 Wichita Public Schools | |
for the Wash Those Germs campaign at Woodman Elementary School. This program aims to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and related absenteeism among students, families and staff through education and awareness activities. This grant is intended to pay for health kit supplies, snacks, prizes, costume rental and general supplies. | |
$5,155.00 |
| USD 260 Derby-Tanglewood Elementary | |
to continue to promote the existing bullying prevention program by providing T-shirts for all students and staff. This grant is intended to pay for 500 T-shirts. | |
$2,750.00 |
| USD 313 Buhler | |
to support the Caching In On Health Program for 4th graders in Reno County. Students will use Global Positioning Units to locate caches hidden along the Dillon Nature Center trails, engage in physical activity and learn about healthy eating. This grant is intended to pay for transportation, Global Positioning Units, food, activity station supplies and room fees.
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$1,879.50 |
